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NBC airs the season finale of “Taken” tonight at 10PM and we really wanted to urge you all to watch! If you haven’t tuned in so far, the show is an origin story that finds the protagonist of the “Taken” film Bryan Mills in his days as a young secret agent acquiring essential experience to add to his very lethal special set of skills.

There’s a lot to love about the show. It’s fast paced with plenty of fight scenes, a body count that has continued to climb each episode and a cast that’s diverse without being extra or obvious about it. Standouts are Jennifer Beals — who is head chick in charge Christina Hart, Asha Flynn (Brooklyn Sudano) — Mills’ love interest (who happens to be black) and fellow agent John, played by Gaius Charles.

Since the series’ start earlier this winter Charles has made himself available for weekly recap calls that include a little foreshadowing into the next week’s episode. When BOSSIP joined Charles on a recap call last week, he praised the episode for it’s strong female characters. Another aspect of the show that we love. Specifically the Black Girl Magic that’s evident in Beals, Sudano and Amanda Ware’s performances. Ware was a standout in last week’s episode “Gone,” playing an agent named Marie Salt, who finds herself compromised when her husband is taken. But it’s the threat against Sudano’s character Asha, that most compels us to watch tonight.

“I like seeing Brooklyn Sudano’s character getting some time to shine,” Charles said of the episode. “I really like that relationship becoming so much more relatable, you see even in the struggles, in the fight, this isn’t just a cookie cutter TV show. Their relationship is more than a superficial piece of the episode, it’s really something that’s part of the humanity of their experiences.”

The finale is LITERALLY the moment that we’ve been waiting for all season. A moment that should be so obvious, given the show’s title and the premise for the movie. The woman who is most important to Mills, his love Asha, has been “Taken” by the cartel leader who has been grappling with Mills for revenge since the first episode, a plot twist so obvious we could have kicked ourselves when it happened. But it snuck up on us, much like the show itself.

Permian Resources LLC, an oil producer with ties to late wildcatter Aubrey McClendon, reached a debt-restructuring deal with a key creditor meant to relieve its heavy debt burden. All images and written content is property of the listed RSS FEED if you would like more on this story and images please click the listed feed. http://www.wsj.com/xml/rss/3_7014.xml

Artist Felix Semper shows his admiration for one of the greatest rappers of all time, the late Notorious B.I.G., through his most recent creation. Semper in turn presents this insane stretchable paper sculpture featuring the likeness of Biggie.

Properly outfitted with a crown, the sculpture then acts as a giant slinky of sorts, stretching from head to neck and back again.

In the video above, Semper provides a moving demonstration of his piece.

Montana of 300 is ready to unleash his next album. The Chicago native announced a May 20 release date for his upcoming LP Don’t Doubt the God. The skilled lyricist also revealed the cover artwork for the album, which you can see above…

Montana of 300 is ready to unleash his next album. The Chicago native announced a May 20 release date for his upcoming LP Don’t Doubt the God. The skilled lyricist also revealed the cover artwork for the album, which you can see above…

A former FBI interpreter reportedly ran away to marry an Isis terror leader before realising her mistake and coming back to the US to turn herself in. Daniela Greene travelled to Syria where she was wed to German national Denis Cuspert, who rapped under the moniker Deso Dog in his homeland, before changing his name to Abu Talha al-Almani in Syria. Videos featuring the one time musician — whose primary role is to attract Germans to the terror group — show him on bloody battle fields and threatening former President Barack Obama.

Pump It Up

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Most people know testosterone as the “manly” hormone associated with strength and sex drive. There’s a reason for this, of course—testosterone is more prevalent in men than women, and it does increase muscle mass while playing a large role in sexual activity by stimulating sexual desire, heightening arousal, and increasing libido.

To give intermittent fasting a try, skip breakfast and then eat your remaining meals closer together: one at noon, one at 3 p.m., and the last meal at 6 p.m. This lets your organs rest and helps balance hormone levels—including boosting testosterone.

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2. Train Better

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Testosterone is important for muscle mass and strength, as we know, and that relationship is actually reciprocal, as gaining strength and muscle through heavy weight training and interval training can boost testosterone levels.

Some of the best workouts to boost testosterone levels include high-intensity interval training (HIIT) and burst training. Burst training involves exercising at 90% to 100% of your maximum effort for a short interval in order to burn your body’s stored sugar, followed by a period of low impact for recovery. This helps your body burn fat longer, restores energy levels and boosts testosterone. It also helps lower resting heart rate and blood pressure.

I recommend hitting the gym at least three days a week and lifting heavy weights on larger muscle groups like the chest, shoulders, back, hamstrings, and quads. Do this for 30 minutes to an hour to really boost those T levels.

Bottom line: You really need to keep stress levels in check. Some of the best natural stress relievers include exercise and yoga, meditation and devotional prayer, acupuncture, cognitive behavioral therapy, spending more time in nature, keeping a journal, and using adaptogen herbs and essential oils.

It’s also vital to get enough vitamin D, which also helps boost testosterone levels. And you definitely want to kick your sugar addiction because sugar can throw off hormones, particularly testosterone.

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5. Sleep Better

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Getting enough sleep, and sleeping at the right times, are two of the most effective, all-natural ways to raise testosterone. And getting a better night’s sleep will also help to reduce stress, give you the energy needed to work out, and make it easier to stick to a healthy diet—all of which can boost testosterone even more. Most men should get between seven and nine hours of sleep per night, ideally getting to bed around 10 p.m. and waking up around 6 a.m.

If you have trouble sleeping, try natural sleep aids like calcium and magnesium, essential oils, and/or supplements including passionflower, valerian root and St. John’s wort.

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NORWALK, Conn. (CBSNewYork/AP) — A man fatally shot his 33-year-old daughter before turning the gun on himself and taking his own life, police in Connecticut said.

Melissa Wilkinson worked two jobs, and authorities say her co-workers became concerned when she didn’t show up for work Sunday night.

They went to her apartment and spotted her through a window collapsed and bleeding, CBS2’s Ali Bauman reported. Her co-workers forced their way into the apartment just after midnight and saw her father on the couch next to her body mumbling to himself and holding a gun.

The co-workers left and called 911, and a standoff ensued.

Armed and incoherent, 55-year-old Mark Wilkinson stayed in his daughter’s apartment for hours while police tried to persuade him to come out.

“It was a variety of ways we tried to contact him,” Norwalk Police Lt. Terry Blake Said. “Via phone, window, loudspeaker, and he did not return communication to us.”

Officers later heard a single gunshot and police forced their way into the apartment where they found the bodies of the father and daughter, shot in the head.

The deaths remain under investigation.

Melissa’s mother Karen told CBS2 Mark had been living with his daughter for two years and that they had been fighting, but she cannot imagine why he would kill her.

“Right now I really don’t know, I really don’t know,” she said. “She was always positive and she had her life together she had a good job.”

Co-workers described Melissa as a great employee with a smile that could light up a room.

Police said they had not received any complaints of arguing from the apartment and there was no record of domestic violence.

Some residents of the neighborhood were evacuated while some were told to stay in their homes during the incident.

Anyone with information is asked to call the Norwalk Police Tip Line at 203-854-3111.